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2015 Chutzpah! February 19 to March 15 Music-Dance-Theatre-Interdisciplinary Tickets: chutzpahfestival.com 604-257-5145 (pronounced: ho'ots-pä) Chutzpah! is the quality of impudence. The word derives from a Hebrew word meaning "impertinence." The modern English usage of the word has taken on a wider, positive meaning to express admiration for non-conformist but gutsy audaci...
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2015 Chutzpah! Festival presents BODYTRAFFIC Thursday, March 5 - Sunday, March 8, 2015 The Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre Israeli Hofesh Shechter is one of the UK's most exciting and talked-about choreographers, delivering intensely physical, breathtaking work that immediately connects with audiences and is renowned for the raw, vibrant edge found in his dance. This new work takes a da...
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2015 Chutzpah! Festival presents Diwan Saz Sunday, March 15, 2015 @ 7:30PM - 9:30PM The Norman and Annette Rothstein Theate THE POWER OF DIALOGUE THROUGH MUSIC... a multicultural group of Jewish / Muslim / Arab / Beduin musicians from Israel playing together, showing the possibility and existence of another side and reality of Israel. These leading musicians perfectly illustrate that musi...
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2015 Chutzpah! Festival presents You're Funny, But You Don't Look Jewish! Tuesday, March 03, 2015 @ 8:00PM The Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre Italian, Indian and Vietnamese American Jewish stand-up comedians Mike Capozzola, Samson Koletkar and Joseph Nguyen will share the stage and their own experiences about being an ‘undercover' member of the tribe! We invite you all to join us ...
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SISTER JUDY A LOVE STORY By Shawn Macdonald Premiere The world of Sister Judy, a popular university theology professor, is rocked when a brilliant new student challenges her notions of love and devotion. What is driving the student's relentless pursuit of the truth? As Judy unravels, so does the story of her past, revealing old wounds, and new fears. Thursday, February 26 - Saturd...
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"Breathtaking, hilarious, and heart-stopping" -The Independent Dr. Martin Luther King's last night on earth in a Memphis hotel is reimagined in this lively drama that looks both to the past and the present. The Mountaintop, inspired and inspiring like the subject himself, paints a portrait of the civil rights hero in 1968 as a venerable yet flawed, flesh-and-blood man. When a beautiful ...
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike The Rollicking Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play "Durang shows us just how funny unhappiness can be" -The San Francisco Examiner Christopher Durang's witty mash-up of Chekhov characters and smartphones is a delightful new farce for our hyperconnected era. Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia live an angst-ridden, melan...
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BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts presents The Secret Garden The Secret Garden is set in England in 1906, where recently orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live with her widowed uncle and his bed-ridden son. She and Archibald, her uncle, are watched over by the Dreamers, the ghosts of their tragic past. While living in the cold manor house she discovers a neglected garden hidden in th...
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Burnaby Village Museum presents Spring Break Scavenger Hunt: Games Pick up your scavenger clues and start the hunt! Explore the Village using your detective skills to locate the answers. The general store clerk will have a special treat for those who succeed. For this special event, the blacksmith, the general store and the tram barn will be open. Answers will be hidden in spaces within the vi...
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CAG Free Family Days On the last Saturday of every month, the CAG invites all ages to drop-in for short exhibition tours and free art making activities that respond to our current exhibitions. This new initiative is presented in collaboration with ArtStarts on Saturdays. Saturday, March 28, 2015 @ 12:00PM - 3:00PM Conteporary Art Gallery 555 Nelson Street Vancouver, BC Admission: FR...
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CAG Free Guided Visit CAG Curator, Learning and Public Programs, Shaun Dacey leads a tour of current exhibitions. Guided visits are open to the public, providing free opportunities to engage with exhibitions and develop new skills for interpreting contemporary art. We also encourage visits from primary and secondary schools, ESL groups, university and college students and community groups. S...
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CAG Free Guided Visit - Jeremy Shaw: Medium-Based Time A tour of current exhibition, Jeremy Shaw - Medium-Based Time, on display in Spanish led by artist Avelina Crespo. Guided visits are open to the public, providing free opportunities to engage with exhibitions and develop new skills for interpreting contemporary art. We also encourage visits from primary and secondary schools, ESL groups, un...
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CAG Free Guided Visit in Spanish A tour of current exhibition, Jeremy Shaw - Medium-Based Time, on display in Spanish led by artist Avelina Crespo. Guided visits are open to the public, providing free opportunities to engage with exhibitions and develop new skills for interpreting contemporary art. We also encourage visits from primary and secondary schools, ESL groups, university and college s...
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The Canadian Ski Patrol's Winter Extreme Ski & Board Swaps were started over 30 years ago. It raises funds to provide volunteer first aid and rescue services to the public. A swap is an event to which vendors and public consign their equipment for sale. It is in turn sold to the public for a small commission. 100% of swap proceeds support local volunteer first aid and rescue services. Date&...
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cesna?em, the city before the city Musqueam First Nation, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA), and the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) partner on a transformative journey to explore an ancient landscape and living culture that can be found right underneath Vancouver's nose. c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city, opening on January 25, 2015, is a series of three unified exhibitions that connect Vancouverit...
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Cézanne and the Modern at the Vancouver Art Gallery With a shared affinity for stimulating the senses, Faubourg Paris and the Vancouver Art Gallery have partnered for the Cézanne and the Modern exhibit, open now until May 18, 2015. After enjoying a selection of authentic French delicacies at Faubourg Paris, customers can enjoy $3 off Vancouver Art Gallery admission by using code &quo...
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Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock The Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC is proud to present NEA jazz masters and piano legends Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. In this rare and intimate performance, which marks the duo's first reunion in 37 years, each will play off the other's jazz rhythms and riffs while taking moments to revisit songs made famous from their original 1970's tour. No doubt th...
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Coastal First Nations Dance Festival The Dancers of Damelahamid and the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC present the 2015 Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, taking place March 3 - 8, 2015 at MOA. (Signature Evening Performances 7:30pm on March 6 and 7)An annual celebration of Indigenous stories, songs, and dances, artists from Arizona, Alaska, Yukon, Washington, and throughout British Co...
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COME SOAR OVER CHINA SEE BOTH FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON AND FLYOVER CANADA BACK-TO-BACK FlyOver Canada is proud to bring back the popular flight ride experience “Flight of the Dragon” for a second season! After the success of the first season of Flight of the Dragon in 2014. For a limited time, guests will get to experience Flight of the Dragon and FlyOver Canada back-t...
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DOXA Motion Pictures Film Series Presents Last Days in Vietnam If ever there was a film to prove the famous adage that: "The past is never dead. It's not even past," it is Rory Kennedy's Academy Award-nominated documentary Last Days in Vietnam. Kennedy details the panic and personal heroism that attended the fall of Saigon in the waning days of the Vietnam conflict. As people employe...
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The startling true story of Esther Brandeau, a woman from Jewish French Basque country, who arrives in 18th Century Quebec City disguised as a Christian male labourer. She is outed on both counts and brought before the authorities upon arrival. Brandeau is said to be the first Jewish person to set foot in what is now known as Canada. In this beautifully poetic and moving multi-media performance, ...
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